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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 5140917, member: 26302&quot;]Um, stop being beholden to &quot;series&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>US collectors are funny. I was one for a few decades, so I feel I can say that. It is simply BEATEN into them the moment they start collecting that the &quot;goal&quot; is to collect what the RedBook says is part of a &quot;series&quot;. Even if its a poorly made coin, (55 DD, 22 &quot;P&quot;), fantasy piece, (1894 dollar, 1913 LHN), etc. If someone says its part of the series, by golly it must be had.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine how freeing it is to collect ancients! No one on earth can collect them all, even something like all Roman Imperial coins, let alone all ancients. Therefore, buy whatever strikes your fancy and to heck with whatever anyone else thinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a tiny little privy mark. Ignore it, and let the modern dealers whom I am sure paid THOUSANDS of people to be on the phone so as to get the most of these coins to be able to turn around and price gouge the modern collectors, sit on these coins. Swim against the tide, ignore the Redbook says I &quot;need&quot; it philosophy.</p><p><br /></p><p>TBH, I always thought the mint was missing a MASSIVE opportunity with these limited edition coins. DO NOT let the general public buy them day one. ONLY sell them to their best retail customers, those men and women who year in/year out order their proof and commemoratives from the mint and are the bread and butter of the mint&#039;s profit. BENEFIT THEM. They are given the special status by nature of number of years and total purchase, and once they get that status, they have the ability to buy any of these things one full day before anyone else. I was able to create an account and buy 5 ASE sets in 2011. That was STUPID on the mint&#039;s part. I was never a customer before. I should have never had the right to buy them instead of the guy who has bought proof ASE&#039;s from the mint for 15 years. He is whom is important to the mint, reward HIM and not me, or the vast swarm of paid trolls employed by MCM and others. This way, if MCM wants these coins, they either have to pay premiums to real coin collectors, or buy tens of thousands of dollars at retail other mint coins for years for the right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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